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Avenue U
Brooklyn, New York
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Pretty sure that’s a blue-headed vireo there. That’s a lifer for me.
Calvert Vaux Park
Brooklyn, New York
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Roses of Yesterday by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Brooklyn, New York
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This semipalmiated plover was one of many skittering around yesterday. They’re small—between the size of a sparrow and a robin—and camouflaged in a muddy rocky area. But they can be seen as they run around, which is often, and when they fly they have distinctive striped markings on their wings. The one complete band around their neck distinguishes them from some other similar-looking birds.
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
Katie Fleming’s pet eclectus parrot, Jasper, demonstrates that he is more intelligent than three-quarters of Congress and seven-eighths of the executive branch. We bow down to Jasper, our new parrot overlord.
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